Thrifting finds in January.....

I do believe my heart rate rachets up several numbers when I walk in the doors of a thrift store!

I was happy to find the straw Capelli handbag...

It has a shell fastener...and great detail...and cost one dollar!

I was delighted to find this vintage picnic basket,in excellent condition, with a shelf for two layers of food...$2 and a few cents!!!!

For one dollar this dish carrier...actually I think it's for paper plates, cups, napkins, etc. but I'll use dishes in it sometimes.

A pretty pot of faux grass...

An authentic Dooney and Burke hand bag...timeless...

What treasures have you gleaned?

FRESH PINEAPPLE....and a new gadget......

I am linking up to 'Your Cozy Home Party' hosted every Tuesday by Shannon at Cozy Home Scenes. Check out her blog for more great 'cozy home' posts!

Nothing is better in the dead of winter than fresh pineapple...

My husband rooted tops of other pineapples by placing the tops in soil....

A new gaget, at least to me, is a pretty red pineapple corer...very easy to use....perfect slices every time....

        Bon Appetit!

Edited to add:  During the winter the plants are moved into the green house.

Let them eat cake!

Would you care for a slice of coconut cake?

This one takes about 10 minutes to make.

First you find a plastic salad mold at a thrift store for 25 cents....next brush on my friend, Elmer....then sprinkle liberally with bagged Christmas snow.
           Voila!
A beautiful Coconut Cake...with absolutely NO calories!

Wishing you a blessed Christmas1

As we are in the season of the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ I wish you a blessed Christmas....

The Reason For The Season:

Blessings to you and yours...Betty

HAPPY THANKSGIVING.....

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving....

We have so much to be thankful for...

Thank you Lord for your blessings on us....

Some of my favorite 'punkins'............

Recently, we were in Madison and enjoyed a trip to 'The Pumpkin Patch'.

Ellie, John and Alexander had fun selecting 'just the perfect pumpkin'.

Needless to say, they're three of my favorite 'punkins'!

Ellie, John and Alexander

Alexander

John 

Happy October to every one!!!!!!

Signs of fall around our home...

A few signs of fall around our

home...cooler weather, the farm machinery humming around the country side, the white cotton fields ready for harvesting, peanuts plowed up waiting to be picked for lots of my favorite food...crunchy peanut butter!

BTW...I've known for sometime that someone is following me and you can see that someone in the third picture down.  She steps on the scales behind me when I weigh adding additional pounds...she saps my energy when I'm not paying attention and many other things I'm sure she's responsible for...do you have such a person in your home?

Happy Fall YALL!   GOD BLESS!